Review of the BMF Implementation

By Aiko Akiyama
Project Expert on Disability
UN ESCAP

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Review of the BMF implementation
ESCAP attempts

First Session of the BMF
Stakeholders’ Coordination Meeting
(BMF-SCM)

17 July 2006
Aiko Akiyama
Project Expert on Disability
Emerging Social Issues Division
UN ESCAP

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ESCAP outputs on the review of BMF implementation

• 2004
  “Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities”
• 2004
  “Review of the National Progress in the Implementation of the Targets and Strategies of the BMF”
• 2006
  “Disability at a Glance: a Profile of 28 Countries and Areas in Asia and the Pacific”

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Basis of the information

• Responses to the 2004 questionnaire on the BMF implementation
• Country reports and inputs at our meetings from 2003 to 2006.
  Findings

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Policy formulation in progress

• 14 countries (out of 28) have comprehensive law on disability.
• 12 countries have a national action plan on disability.
• Eight countries developing a plan.
• Five countries and an areas reported on the existence of the anti-discrimination law on disability

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Findings
National efforts

• 28 countries (out of 28) have a national coordination mechanism or disability focal point.
• Fifteen countries reported on the existence of quota scheme on the employment of disabled persons.
• Eighteen countries and an area have national accessibility standards.
• Sixteen countries have standardized sign language.

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Findings-a wide range of prevalence data

[Chart showing proportion of disabled persons among total population, ranging from 0.7 per cent in the Cook Islands to 20 per cent in Australia]

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Findings- issues on definition on disability

• Traditional medical approach definitions
  • Disability described as limitation, restriction and/or loss or lack of capabilities and/or lack of loss of normal behaviors.
• Terminology and translation-
  • Expression of psycho-social disabilities vary
  • Use of “mental”
• Purpose-based definitions
  • Hong Kong China, anti-discrimination law, registration, survey

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Findings-definition

• Four predominant categories of impairments
• Physical, visual, hearing, intellectual
• Psycho-social, invisible disability, multiple disabilities, developmental disabilities are extra.

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Lack of data on socio-economic indicators

• Nine countries (out of 28) and an areas provided the data on employment ---26.4 percent to 89.4 per cent
• Seven countries provided the data on access to education –two percent to 83.6 per cent

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Findings

• These findings corroborate the previous reporting
  • need to monitor policy implementation, systematic data collection, wider definition on disability
• Other findings from the previous reporting
  • policy formulation on the BMF seven priority areas support for the international convention process

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Towards the mid-point review and
The Biwako Plus Five

• Review papers at the national level implementation, regional efforts
  Theme-specific paper

Leads to...

• Biwako plus Five Draft

Your inputs are essential in this process

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Thank you

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